Adrian Bowyer

@adrianbowyer.bsky.social

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No worthwhile human achievement has ever been instigated on the basis of demonstrable cost effectiveness. https://adrianbowyer.com 📍Europe

Person washing clothes in a big bucket.

AI image of nonsensical hydroelectric generator.

Me in a white kaftan.

Zebedee is a biblical figure best known as a Galilean fisherman and the father of Apostles James and John.Biblical RoleFamily: Husband to Salome and father to two of Jesus' twelve main disciples, James and John.Business: Ran a successful fishing business on the Sea of Galilee that owned boats and employed hired workers.Event: Mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark working in a boat with his sons when Jesus called James and John to follow him.Alternative ContextsThe Magic Roundabout: Zebedee is also the name of the famous jack-in-the-box character from the classic children's television show, known for his catchphrase "Time for bed!"

Philomena Cunk

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Blackberries

What Spotify listeners are saying about The Remembered Road:
"Loved the very layered and pleasing sound of the production."
(Playlist curator, 262,123 followers)
"I am really enjoying this songwriting." (Playlist curator, 10,686
followers)
"Perfect song [Time Was] for my main character vibe playlist."
(Playlist curator, 89,468 followers)
"I think this [Take One from Two] is a great song for a dance playlist,"
and, "I really enjoyed this one [Time Was]." (Playlist curator, 112,054
followers)

Van sign: Bray & Slaughter - we bring buildings to life.

Bank Station from Google Maps.

Bottom entry flow valve

John Peel announcing the latest track from Gang of Roving Eunuch Bandits.

A sign in front of some old ruins that reads “for safety and protection - Do NOT climb on this Ancient Monument’ with an icon of a stick person, arms outstretched, balancing on a crumbling bridge or wall inside a red circle with a diagonal line through it

Galaxy NGC 6946 (25 million light years away)

John Burns Addressing an Open Air Audience - Alexander Joseph Finberg

Juan de Pareja by Velázquez.

Moth camouflaged as a twig.

Jumble of books and papers with big toy stuffed dog.

Jumble of books and papers with big toy stuffed dog.

Car keys with glasses for scale.

Album cover for "The Remembered Road" by Adrian Bowyer

Wagtail's nest in a tractor engine.

The Anatomy Lesson by Rembrandt

Marc Cucurella

Hello World in 4 micron pixels

Advert for a flat in Manson Place, South Ken.

UK national grid live - 40% renewables.

Renault "Extra Sport" van

4 Bananas packed one day apart giving different ripeness.

32-year-old woman pleads guilty in Canada's first-ever "DoorDash psychological warfare" case - sent her ex 1,847 orders of exactly one lemon."

Trump boasting about taking cognitive tests.

Poppies

Chess position from https://www.chess.com/article/view/10-most-beautiful-checkmates

Raspberry Pi that fist in a USB port.

SCREENGRAB FROM BBC NEWS:

MP to take leave of absence due to 'burnout'

Hospital trolley.

Pultney Bridge, Bath

Let's try the description. You have a square with corners in clockwise order P, Q, R, S. Extend RS to a point T. Draw an arc centered on T of radius TR so that it intersects PQ at a point U. Now TRU is an isosceles triangle. The edge TU of that triangle intersects PS at a point V. Join VR. What is the angle VRU?

I’ll take “extend RS to T” in the usual order sense: from R through S and beyond S. If you meant beyond R instead, the construction may differ or fail to hit the square’s top side in the intended way.

Thought for 24s

The angle is 45°, assuming T is beyond S on the extended line RS.

Take the square to have side 1, with

P=(0,1),Q=(1,1),R=(1,0),S=(0,0)

Let T=(−a,0), so TR=a+1.

The circle centred at T through R meets PQ at U. Since U has height 1,

TU
2
=TR
2

so the horizontal distance from T to U is

(a+1)
2
−1

.

The line TU meets PS at V. Working through the similar-triangle ratios gives the slope of RV, and comparing it with the slope of RU gives

tan∠VRU=1.

Therefore

∠VRU=45
∘
.

Nice result: it does not depend on where T is placed on the extension beyond S.

Furry ball

restaurant notice telling customers to tip staff 20%

Men and women in the 1970s

Climate change in the style of John Martin

3D printed coat hook.

Bottle of Evostick wood glue

Buttercups and daisies.

Chris Morris

Windjammer

Gammon steak.

Hot fuzz

Football. Not suitable for under threes. Small parts.

Block people with anxiety, depression and ADHD from claiming benefits, says Tony Blair

Kim Philby on USSR 5 Kopeck stamp

Man in camouflage wearing a high-vis jacket.

Glass ball containing galaxies within 100 million light years of the Milky Way

Lift label saying Schindler

Eiffel Tower and Seine

Street furniture labelled "Dental Box"

Kai Madgwick

Baby